diff --git a/app/controllers/qa/linked_data_terms_controller.rb b/app/controllers/qa/linked_data_terms_controller.rb
index 089389e0..2fe59fe3 100644
--- a/app/controllers/qa/linked_data_terms_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/qa/linked_data_terms_controller.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def reload
   # get "/search/linked_data/:vocab(/:subauthority)"
   # @see Qa::Authorities::LinkedData::SearchQuery#search
   def search
-    terms = @authority.search(query, subauth: subauthority, language: language, replacements: replacement_params)
+    terms = @authority.search(query, subauth: subauthority, language: language, replacements: replacement_params, context: context?)
     cors_allow_origin_header(response)
     render json: terms
   rescue Qa::ServiceUnavailable
@@ -189,6 +189,11 @@ def jsonld?
       format == 'jsonld'
     end
 
+    def context?
+      context = params.fetch(:context, false)
+      context == 'true' ? true : false
+    end
+
     def validate_auth_reload_token
       token = params.key?(:auth_token) ? params[:auth_token] : nil
       valid = Qa.config.valid_authority_reload_token?(token)
diff --git a/app/models/qa/linked_data/config/context_map.rb b/app/models/qa/linked_data/config/context_map.rb
index 7cbe5758..e482638e 100644
--- a/app/models/qa/linked_data/config/context_map.rb
+++ b/app/models/qa/linked_data/config/context_map.rb
@@ -5,14 +5,15 @@ module Config
       class ContextMap
         attr_reader :properties # [Array<Qa::LinkedData::Config::ContextPropertyMap>] set of property map models
 
-        attr_reader :context_map, :groups
-        private :context_map, :groups
+        attr_reader :context_map, :groups, :prefixes
+        private :context_map, :groups, :prefixes
 
         # @param [Hash] context_map that defines groups and properties for additional context to display during the selection process
         # @option context_map [Hash] :groups (optional) predefine group ids and labels to be used in the properties section to group properties
         # @option groups [Hash] key=group_id; value=[Hash] with group_label_i18n and/or group_label_default
         # @option context_map [Array<Hash>] :properties (optional) property maps defining how to get and display the additional context (if none, context will not be added)
-        # @example
+        # @param [Hash] shortcut names for URI prefixes with key = part of predicate that is the same for all terms (e.g. { "madsrdf": "http://www.loc.gov/mads/rdf/v1#" })
+        # @example context_map example
         #   {
         #     "groups": {
         #       "dates": {
@@ -38,8 +39,9 @@ class ContextMap
         #       }
         #     ]
         #   }
-        def initialize(context_map = {})
+        def initialize(context_map = {}, prefixes = {})
           @context_map = context_map
+          @prefixes = prefixes
           extract_groups
           extract_properties
         end
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ def group_label(group_id)
           def extract_properties
             @properties = []
             properties_map = Qa::LinkedData::Config::Helper.fetch(context_map, :properties, {})
-            properties_map.each { |property_map| @properties << ContextPropertyMap.new(property_map) }
+            properties_map.each { |property_map| @properties << ContextPropertyMap.new(property_map, prefixes) }
           end
 
           def extract_groups
diff --git a/app/models/qa/linked_data/config/context_property_map.rb b/app/models/qa/linked_data/config/context_property_map.rb
index da4fd62a..8314f502 100644
--- a/app/models/qa/linked_data/config/context_property_map.rb
+++ b/app/models/qa/linked_data/config/context_property_map.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # Defines the external authority predicates used to extract additional context from the graph.
+require 'ldpath'
+
 module Qa
   module LinkedData
     module Config
@@ -6,8 +8,8 @@ class ContextPropertyMap
         attr_reader :group_id, # id that identifies which group the property should be in
                     :label # plain text label extracted from locales or using the default
 
-        attr_reader :property_map, :ldpath
-        private :property_map, :ldpath
+        attr_reader :property_map, :ldpath, :prefixes
+        private :property_map, :ldpath, :prefixes
 
         # @param [Hash] property_map defining information to return to provide context
         # @option property_map [String] :group_id (optional) default label to use for a property (default: no label)
@@ -25,13 +27,14 @@ class ContextPropertyMap
         #     "selectable": false,
         #     "drillable": false
         #   }
-        def initialize(property_map = {})
+        def initialize(property_map = {}, prefixes = {})
           @property_map = property_map
           @group_id = Qa::LinkedData::Config::Helper.fetch_symbol(property_map, :group_id, nil)
           @label = extract_label
           @ldpath = Qa::LinkedData::Config::Helper.fetch_required(property_map, :ldpath, false)
           @selectable = Qa::LinkedData::Config::Helper.fetch_boolean(property_map, :selectable, false)
           @drillable = Qa::LinkedData::Config::Helper.fetch_boolean(property_map, :drillable, false)
+          @prefixes = prefixes
         end
 
         # Can this property be the selected value?
@@ -46,6 +49,14 @@ def drillable?
           @drillable
         end
 
+        def ldpath_program
+          return @program if @program.present?
+          program_code = ""
+          prefixes.each { |key, url| program_code << "@prefix #{key} : <#{url}> \;\n" }
+          program_code << "property = #{ldpath} \;"
+          @program = Ldpath::Program.parse program_code
+        end
+
         def group?
           group_id.present?
         end
diff --git a/app/services/qa/linked_data/mapper/context_mapper_service.rb b/app/services/qa/linked_data/mapper/context_mapper_service.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b20c1b0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/qa/linked_data/mapper/context_mapper_service.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# Provide service for mapping predicates to object values.
+module Qa
+  module LinkedData
+    module Mapper
+      class ContextMapperService
+        class_attribute :graph_service
+        self.graph_service = Qa::LinkedData::GraphService
+
+        class << self
+          # Extract predicates specified in the predicate_map from the graph and return as a value map for a single subject URI.
+          # @param graph [RDF::Graph] the graph from which to extract result values
+          # @param context_map [Qa::LinkedData::Config::ContextMap] defines properties to extract from the graph to provide additional context
+          # @param subject_uri [RDF::URI] the subject within the graph for which the values are being extracted
+          # @return [<Hash<Symbol><Array<Object>>] mapped context values and information with hash of map key = array of object values for predicates identified in predicate_map.
+          # @example value map for a single result
+          #   {:uri=>[#<RDF::URI:0x3fcff54a829c URI:http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2010043281>],
+          #    :id=>[#<RDF::Literal:0x3fcff4a367b4("n2010043281")>],
+          #    :label=>[#<RDF::Literal:0x3fcff54a9a98("Valli, Sabrina"@en)>],
+          #    :altlabel=>[],
+          #    :sort=>[#<RDF::Literal:0x3fcff54b4c18("2")>]}
+          def map_context(graph:, context_map:, subject_uri:)
+            context = []
+            context_map.properties.each do |property_map|
+              values = fetch_values(property_map, graph, subject_uri)
+              next if values.blank?
+              context << construct_context(property_map, values)
+            end
+            context
+          end
+
+          private
+
+            def fetch_values(property_map, graph, subject_uri)
+              output = property_map.ldpath_program.evaluate subject_uri, graph
+              output.present? ? output['property'].uniq : nil
+            rescue
+              'PARSE ERROR'
+            end
+
+            def construct_context(property_map, values)
+              property_info = {}
+              property_info["group"] = property_map.group_id if property_map.group?
+              property_info["property"] = property_map.label
+              property_info["values"] = values
+              property_info["selectable"] = property_map.selectable?
+              property_info["drillable"] = property_map.drillable?
+              property_info
+            end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/services/qa/linked_data/mapper/graph_mapper_service.rb b/app/services/qa/linked_data/mapper/graph_mapper_service.rb
index bfed18c1..4a316705 100644
--- a/app/services/qa/linked_data/mapper/graph_mapper_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/qa/linked_data/mapper/graph_mapper_service.rb
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ def self.map_values(graph:, predicate_map:, subject_uri:)
           value_map = {}
           predicate_map.each do |key, predicate|
             values = predicate == :subject_uri ? [subject_uri] : graph_service.object_values(graph: graph, subject: subject_uri, predicate: predicate)
-            values = yield values if block_given?
             value_map[key] = values
           end
+          value_map = yield value_map if block_given?
           value_map
         end
       end
diff --git a/app/services/qa/linked_data/mapper/search_results_mapper_service.rb b/app/services/qa/linked_data/mapper/search_results_mapper_service.rb
index 84e584fb..8cbda965 100644
--- a/app/services/qa/linked_data/mapper/search_results_mapper_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/qa/linked_data/mapper/search_results_mapper_service.rb
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ module Qa
   module LinkedData
     module Mapper
       class SearchResultsMapperService
-        class_attribute :graph_mapper_service, :deep_sort_service
+        class_attribute :graph_mapper_service, :deep_sort_service, :context_mapper_service
         self.graph_mapper_service = Qa::LinkedData::Mapper::GraphMapperService
         self.deep_sort_service = Qa::LinkedData::DeepSortService
+        self.context_mapper_service = Qa::LinkedData::Mapper::ContextMapperService
 
         class << self
           # Extract predicates specified in the predicate_map from the graph and return as an array of value maps for each search result subject URI.
@@ -31,11 +32,17 @@ class << self
           #      :altlabel=>[],
           #      :sort=>[#<RDF::Literal:0x3fcff54b4c18("2")>]}
           #   ]
-          def map_values(graph:, predicate_map:, sort_key:, preferred_language: nil)
+          def map_values(graph:, predicate_map:, sort_key:, preferred_language: nil, context_map: nil)
             search_matches = []
             graph.subjects.each do |subject|
               next if subject.anonymous? # skip blank nodes
-              values = graph_mapper_service.map_values(graph: graph, predicate_map: predicate_map, subject_uri: subject)
+              values = graph_mapper_service.map_values(graph: graph, predicate_map: predicate_map, subject_uri: subject) do |value_map|
+                next value_map if context_map.blank?
+                context = {}
+                context = context_mapper_service.map_context(graph: graph, context_map: context_map, subject_uri: subject) if context_map.present?
+                value_map[:context] = context
+                value_map
+              end
               search_matches << values unless sort_key.present? && values[sort_key].blank?
             end
             search_matches = deep_sort_service.new(search_matches, sort_key, preferred_language).sort
diff --git a/lib/qa/authorities/linked_data/search_query.rb b/lib/qa/authorities/linked_data/search_query.rb
index bb257238..bb9cee4f 100644
--- a/lib/qa/authorities/linked_data/search_query.rb
+++ b/lib/qa/authorities/linked_data/search_query.rb
@@ -25,13 +25,15 @@ def initialize(search_config)
       # @param language [Symbol] (optional) language used to select literals when multi-language is supported (e.g. :en, :fr, etc.)
       # @param replacements [Hash] (optional) replacement values with { pattern_name (defined in YAML config) => value }
       # @param subauth [String] (optional) the subauthority to query
+      # @param context [Boolean] (optional) true if context should be returned with the results; otherwise, false (default: false)
       # @return [String] json results
       # @example Json Results for Linked Data Search
       #   [ {"uri":"http://id.worldcat.org/fast/5140","id":"5140","label":"Cornell, Joseph"},
       #     {"uri":"http://id.worldcat.org/fast/72456","id":"72456","label":"Cornell, Sarah Maria, 1802-1832"},
       #     {"uri":"http://id.worldcat.org/fast/409667","id":"409667","label":"Cornell, Ezra, 1807-1874"} ]
-      def search(query, language: nil, replacements: {}, subauth: nil)
+      def search(query, language: nil, replacements: {}, subauth: nil, context: false)
         raise Qa::InvalidLinkedDataAuthority, "Unable to initialize linked data search sub-authority #{subauth}" unless subauth.nil? || subauthority?(subauth)
+        @context = context
         @language = language_service.preferred_language(user_language: language, authority_language: search_config.language)
         url = authority_service.build_url(action_config: search_config, action: :search, action_request: query, substitutions: replacements, subauthority: subauth)
         Rails.logger.info "QA Linked Data search url: #{url}"
@@ -48,10 +50,18 @@ def load_graph(url:)
 
         def parse_search_authority_response
           results = results_mapper_service.map_values(graph: @graph, predicate_map: preds_for_search, sort_key: :sort,
-                                                      preferred_language: @language)
+                                                      preferred_language: @language, context_map: context_map)
           convert_results_to_json(results)
         end
 
+        def context_map
+          context? ? search_config.context_map : nil
+        end
+
+        def context?
+          @context == true
+        end
+
         def preds_for_search
           label_pred_uri = search_config.results_label_predicate
           raise Qa::InvalidConfiguration, "required label_predicate is missing in search configuration for LOD authority #{auth_name}" if label_pred_uri.nil?
@@ -78,6 +88,7 @@ def convert_result_to_json(result)
           json_result[:uri] = result[:uri].first.to_s
           json_result[:id] = result[:id].first.to_s
           json_result[:label] = full_label(result[:label], result[:altlabel])
+          json_result[:context] = result[:context] if context?
           json_result
         end
 
diff --git a/qa.gemspec b/qa.gemspec
index 10a748c5..06c12750 100644
--- a/qa.gemspec
+++ b/qa.gemspec
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency 'activerecord-import'
   s.add_dependency 'deprecation'
   s.add_dependency 'faraday'
+  s.add_dependency 'ldpath'
   s.add_dependency 'nokogiri', '~> 1.6'
   s.add_dependency 'rails', '~> 5.0'
   s.add_dependency 'rdf'
diff --git a/spec/controllers/linked_data_terms_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/linked_data_terms_controller_spec.rb
index d1d202dd..e39b746a 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/linked_data_terms_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/linked_data_terms_controller_spec.rb
@@ -231,6 +231,10 @@
         end
       end
     end
+
+    it 'returns basic data + context when context=true' do
+      skip 'Pending: Need to write #search test with and without the context parameter'
+    end
   end
 
   describe '#show' do
diff --git a/spec/models/linked_data/config/context_map_spec.rb b/spec/models/linked_data/config/context_map_spec.rb
index edbb5de7..f709e813 100644
--- a/spec/models/linked_data/config/context_map_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/linked_data/config/context_map_spec.rb
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@
     }
   end
 
+  describe '#new' do
+    it 'tests required context_map parameter and optional prefixes parameter' do
+      skip 'Pending: Need to write test for #initialize method'
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '#properties' do
     it 'returns the configured url template' do
       expect(subject.properties.size).to eq 3
diff --git a/spec/models/linked_data/config/context_property_map_spec.rb b/spec/models/linked_data/config/context_property_map_spec.rb
index 5145e829..ecd84ca1 100644
--- a/spec/models/linked_data/config/context_property_map_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/linked_data/config/context_property_map_spec.rb
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@
         expect { subject }.to raise_error(Qa::InvalidConfiguration, 'drillable must be true or false')
       end
     end
+
+    it 'processes prefixes parameter' do
+      skip 'Pending: Need to test passing prefixes parameter to #initialize'
+    end
   end
 
   describe '#selectable?' do
@@ -178,4 +182,10 @@
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe '#ldpath_program' do
+    it 'returns the ldpath program for this property map' do
+      skip 'Pending: Need to write tests for #ldpath_program'
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/services/linked_data/mapper/context_mapper_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/linked_data/mapper/context_mapper_service_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b66f783
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/services/linked_data/mapper/context_mapper_service_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe Qa::LinkedData::Mapper::ContextMapperService do
+  describe '.map_context' do
+    it 'needs tests' do
+      skip 'Pending: Need to write tests for the ContextMapperService class'
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/services/linked_data/mapper/graph_mapper_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/linked_data/mapper/graph_mapper_service_spec.rb
index 2fcfe5ca..d19d2fca 100644
--- a/spec/services/linked_data/mapper/graph_mapper_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/linked_data/mapper/graph_mapper_service_spec.rb
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@
         validate_entry(subject, :sort, ['3'], RDF::Literal)
       end
     end
+
+    it 'yields to passed in block' do
+      skip 'Pending: Need to write test to confirm passed in block can modify value_map'
+    end
   end
 
   def validate_entry(results, key, values, entry_kind)
diff --git a/spec/services/linked_data/mapper/search_results_mapper_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/linked_data/mapper/search_results_mapper_service_spec.rb
index 1de2bdaf..843ccd97 100644
--- a/spec/services/linked_data/mapper/search_results_mapper_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/linked_data/mapper/search_results_mapper_service_spec.rb
@@ -59,5 +59,9 @@
       expect(subjects).not_to include "http://id.worldcat.org/fast/510103"
       expect(subjects).not_to include "_:b0"
     end
+
+    it 'adds context if requested' do
+      skip 'Pending: Need to write tests checking that the context_mapper_service is called only when context is requested and exists'
+    end
   end
 end